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Constable held on snatching charge

Staff Reporter

VIJAYAWADA: The Nidadavole railway police arrested Vipparthi Bujji (44), an armed reserve police constable on the charge of snatching handbag from a woman in Kakinada-bound Gowtami express near Tadepalligudem railway station.

Railway Superintendent of Police said in a press release here on Tuesday that Bujji had snatched the bag carrying Rs. 25,000 cash, a gold chain weighing 40 grams and a mobile phone - all estimated to cost about Rs. 75,000.

Body found

The Krishnalanka police on Tuesday fished out the body of a 40-year-old man from the Krishna near Kanakadurgamma vaaadhi. The victim was identified as Nukala Ramamohana Rao, a daily labourer from Vaddeswaram in Guntur district.

The cause of death was yet to be known. The body was sent to the mortuary in Government General Hospital. A case was registered.

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